NQMC Update Service: May 11, 2015 ► Pharmacy Quality Alliance

NQMC Update Service: May 11, 2015

Pharmacy Quality Alliance

• Antipsychotic use in persons with dementia: percentage of long-stay nursing home residents with dementia who are persistently receiving an antipsychotic medication without evidence of a psychotic disorder or related condition.

• Primary medication non-adherence: percentage of prescriptions for chronic medications e-prescribed by a prescriber and not obtained by the patient in the following 30 days.

• Use of benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic medications in the elderly: percentage of individuals 65 years of age and older who received two or more prescription fills for any benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic for a cumulative period of more than 90 days.